Oscars 2011- My thoughts and the highlights

Incase you are reading this in a post view..here are the winners

Well well well, after a mad day at school I've come home and watched about 3 videos online. One of Natalie Portman's acceptance speech, another of the opening montage by James Franco and Anne Hathaway and another of the the 'Grease' bonus opening by James and Anne.

Anyway, back to the ceremony.
Well, didn't everyone look stunning?

Anne Hathaway via

Hailee Steinfeld via

Natalie Portman

Ok, they are just 3 of the main girls I thought looked gorgeous!
Natalie looked flawless with her lovely, big, baby bump :3

So I've already been asked a few times if I am happy with the winners (which has made me happy itself by being asked) and yes I am. I think everyone who's won was worthy and I'm happy with that.
But....I did really want The Social Network to win Best Picture.
In addition I'm a bit gutted Hailee Steinfeld didn't win Best Supporting Actress. I knew there wasn't as much a chance for her to win compared to the other ladies nominated, but I had a little feeling she would and hoped it would have followed. I was wrong.
Either way, Melissa Leo and The King's Speech winning isn't the end of the world.

A few things to mention:

• Jesse Eisenberg took his Mum as his date to the awards.
• Andrew Garfield was apparently carrying his invitation with him on the Red Carpet - as if he wouldn't get in.

AWWW MY BOYS

(When I say My boys..I just mean Andrew. I love Jesse and all but Andrew is mine. Jesse is now my friend Emily's and she knows who she is. We have decided to share them both)

Ok, that's enough of that for a while.
I'm going to watch the show and update again and then publish this post.


Other moments I enjoyed and loved:

Christian Bale via

I loved after Melissa Leo swore when accepting her award for Best Supporting Actress, Christian Bale accepted his award saying 'I'm not going to drop the F-bomb like she did, I've done that plenty before' This just shows how awesome Christian Bale (Jesus Bale) is.

James Franco (Trolls) and Anne Hathaway

In the highlight show, I didn't see as much of Franco and Hathaway as I hoped, but if I add to the videos I have seen. I didn't mind them hosting at all. I thought they were both funny and everyone needs to cheer up watching the Oscars!


When Natalie Portman walked up to collect her award I went mad. The way Benjamin walked her up the stairs so she didn't trip and then she thanked her parents ♥♥

Sandra Bullock was a humorous when announcing the Best Actor award I must say. Even my Dad was giggling.


Oh I don't know what else to add. It was a beautiful award show.
All the films in the Best Picture category were amazing (still have to see Winter's Bone and The Kids Are Alright) and everything seemed perfect.

It was missing something though
and I'm not sure what.

Maybe just more Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg Jewnicorn moments?
Oh I don't know it was a good show!



Hope everyone who watched enjoyed it as much as I did.
What did everyone think about the results?
Message me or comment! I'd like to know :)

Shannon Woodward and Andrew Garfield
This doesn't have that much relevence
but they are both pretty.

Videos:

Bonus Oscar® opening montage footage of "Grease"

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83rd Academy Awards/Oscar Winners

I haven't watched the show yet, because last night I definitely needed my sleep. (Take away my sleep and I become even more moody, unsociable and angry.)


Ok, quick run down of the main categories, which I spoke about in a previous post.

And the winner is..

Best Picture - THE KING'S SPEECH

Best Director - TOM HOOPER - THE KING'S SPEECH

Best Actor - COLIN FIRTH - THE KING'S SPEECH

Best Actress - NATALIE PORTMAN - BLACK SWAN

Best Supporting Actor - CHRISTIAN BALE - THE FIGHTER

Best Supporting Actress - MELISSA LEO - THE FIGHTER

Original Screenplay - DAVID SEIDLER - THE KING'S SPEECH

Adapted Screenplay - AARON SORKIN - THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Best Animated Film - TOY STORY 3

Best Score - THE SOCIAL NETWORK - TRENT REZNOR&ATTICUS ROSS

Best Song - WE BELONG TOGETHER - TOY STORY 3

click here for a list of the full winners via Empire online

I have yet to watch the highlight show, which after I think I'll either add to this post or create a new one with my thoughts on the whole show.

I'm happy about Natalie Portman winning Best Actress. She thoroughly deserves it and I can't wait to see her win!

I'm disappointed about The Social Network not winning Best Picture, even more than I thought I would be.

Quickly looking at pictures from last night Natalie looked stunning and flawless.
Andrew Garfield looked..beautiful is the word that comes to mind? I hope I see a lot of him in the highlight show later.
The best dressed in my opinion out of what I've seen in the 30 minutes I've been up is Hailee Steinfeld. She looked gorgeous and even through I've said this a few times- the girl is 14!!

I haven't even watched the show yet but I know James and Anne are going to be hilarious! But I've seen some negative feedback online, about James so far :( But I do have a soft spot for Mr Franco so it can't be that bad for me!

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I'M SO EXCITED

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Even though I'm not going to be watching it live, I'm still so pumped for the show!

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I bet Natalie Portman will look gorgeous.
I bet the whole of The Social Network cast and crew will look stunning all suited up - as always.
I bet Franco and Hathaway are going to be hilarious and so brilliant.
I bet the whole thing is going to be A-MAZ-ING.

Lalalalaa, I'm too excited now I need to get off here.

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Music reviews..

My cousin Gavin, likes to copy me so he's made his own blog for music reviews.

I joke he didn't copy me (wells he's taken my star reviews but oh well..)

Anyway, if you like music you should check out his blog and follow him if you have blogger.

SCDReviews

Gavin is great at writing, has a keen interest in culture and was born in the wrong era.
He should have been born in the 50s, but instead is a teenager in today's world.
Anyway, follow him :D

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The Oscars 2011- My Predictions.

It's nearly time!  

TOMORROW!

Oh wow I'm excited. Even more this year than any year because I've actually seen about 85-90% of the films!

Ok I need to calm down because I'll get too excited and I'm not even going to be watching it live because I definitely need my sleep. Even though I have exams two days after, if I don't get enough sleep Sunday night it'll effect me on Tuesday.
Anyway back to the Academy Awards.
I'm no professional, my views and predictions do not mean anything but I thought I'd write down who I think and who I want to win the main awards.

Best Picture:
Ehhhhhh...I want The Social Network to win. I really, truly do because I think it's fantastic, screenplay magnificent, acting tremendous, score fabulous and David Fincher's directing is always the best. But I do think The King's Speech might pinch it. The King's Speech does deserve it too, but for me it's The Social Network.

Best Director:
If Christopher Nolan was nominated, I'd like more than anything for him to win but sadly he isn't so again, David Fincher. He's actually most likely according to 'polls'. That would make me very happy indeed if Ficher does win.

Best Actor:
I know he will and want Colin Firth to win. Simple.

Best Actress:
Natalie Portman. Hands down, favourite actress ever. Black Swan is amazing and brilliant (I'll never watch it again that's for sure, but nonetheless..) her part in the film is incredible and if she wins it I'll be over the moon. She's tipped most favourite so I'd like to see that follow through.




Best Supporting Actor:
I think Christian Bales performance in The Fighter will forever be one of my favourite roles of his and the one I think he deserves most credit for. He's played incredible characters over the years, but Dicky is something else. Although Geoffrey Rush would also be a good winner and deserved.









Best Supporting Actress:
Now this is where the odds are unknown really. Helena Bonham Carter would be a wise and justified winner. But after seeing True Grit in the week, how good would it be if Hailee Steinfeld won? The girl is 14 years old, it would be incredible and for me being 16, it's something I will forever be jealous but also extremely happy for her. Also, I very much adored Amy Adams in The Fighter so that wouldn't be a bad thing. Oooh I don't know about this one. For me, I want Hailee, but if HBC won I'd be happy too.

Original Screenplay:
Eeeeeeeeeeeh, The King's Speech could win this, it'd be fine. But I want Inception because it's hardly got any recognition for it and it just deserves it.

Adapted Screenplay:
The Social Network. If I could marry a screenplay I would marry this one. It's brilliant and intelligent and Aaron Sorkin is a genius.

Best Animated Film:
Toy Story 3.
I don't need a reason.

Best Score:
It wouldn't surprise me if some friends disowned me now. The Inception and 127 Hours Score are both two of my favourite ever scores but The Social Network score is my winner.

Best Song:
I haven't seen Country Song, so I'm at fault that I don't know what 'Coming Home' sounds like. In my opinion I want 'I See The Light' from Tangled. But 'If I Rise' from 127 Hours would be great!

Ok there is of course other categories, but for now these are my predictions on the big ones.
Now, every year people predict things that are going to happen.
Instead of predicting, I'm going to tell you what I hope DOES happen.

• James Franco wins Best Actor award. Because when he accepts, he wouldn't have to walk up because he'd already be on stage. Trolls (lol) would be wearing two suits, one for hosting one for winning, so he'd rip off his first suit to reveal a sparkly one to accept. Now...that would be pure Trolls and something amazing.
• Like I said I want Natalie Portman to win Best Actress. I want her to cry. That sounds mean I know, but I want her to get emotional because she is heavily pregnant now and I want her to be holding her baby bump as she accepts, she'll be hormonal, so she'll cry a bit and she'll thank everyone and say a cute message to Benjamin and then say something about her baby. (Oh my goodness me I sound like such a creeper)
• Someone to muck up on reading out a winner or nomination. Rosamund Pike at the BAFTAs was funny enough.
• Franco and Hathaway to have a beautiful, stunning and lovely opening. If it's anything by what James Franco has been putting on his you tube, we are in for a treat!
• Dresses to look lovely, I can see Portman, Steinfeld, HBC and Amy Adams will look beautiful as always.
• JEWNICORN. All I'm going to say. Ok maybe I need to explain a bit: Basically Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg will have some sort of secret way to show their love affair. By touching of hands when walking up to accept a award for The Social Network. Or just looking at each intimately other while sitting down. Poor Shannon though right? Andrew's girlfriend is always pushed to the side. Ok I spend too much time thinking about this and this is just completely embarrassing.

That's about it for what I want to happen. Hopefully some will but if not I'm bound to cry anyway.
I always get emotional when watching Awards for little reasons like when people say thank you to certain people or when did not expect to win.
In 2009 when Kate Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader I was so happy for her because she deserved an award since she started acting! It took her years to finally get one and when she did, her speech was so lovely it really got to me. When she asked her Dad to whistle for her and he did and she was talking to him in the crowd. Oh god..let's not start.
It will no doubt be a funny awards show.
This year in films has been incredible and basically I'm very much excited for the Oscars 2011.

Damn school.

On Monday morning I will find out the winners then when I arrived home from school I'll publish them on here and also look for pictures and a few videos.
Then after my exams Tuesday I might watch the awards throughout the week to see if anything happens.

If anyone wants to tell me their predictions, feel free to message me or comment on here!
If I get a lot (which I don't think I will) I'll do another post on them tomorrow maybe.

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True Grit (2011)

Running Time: 110 Minutes
Directed By: Joel and Ethan Coen

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin,

Screenplay: Ethan and Joel Coen

UK Release Date: 11thFebruary 2011

Quick Plot: After Mattie Ross's father is murdered by Tom Chaney, the 14 year old hires Rooster Cogburn a US Marshal, accompanied by Texas Ranger La Boeuf, to bring Chaney in.

Review: Well, I hope to god this is my last 4 star review. It's Award Season so it's not my fault all the films I've been seeing recently are so good. They've been nominated or won for Golden Globes and Oscars!
I'd be lying and I'd be an idiot if I said True Grit wasn't fantastic though.
I was weary about seeing this, I knew it'd be great because of the Oscar Nominations, but I'm not as keen on Westerns as I am say Sci-Fi or Comedy. But it surprised me because I loved it a lot. I'm a fan of the Coen brothers but I'm not a good fan as I've only seen 3 or 4 of their films, but trust me- I'm working my way through them.Compared to the ones I've seen, this is very different but it's still a definite Coen production.
The story I think is quite exquisite and the cinematography is gorgeous.

Right down to the actors...blah...blah...Jeff Bridges is amazing as usual..blah...blah..Matt Damon is really good and possibly one of the best roles I've seen him in anyway...blah..blah..blah..Josh Brolin..blah...blah..everyone else. They have nothing on Hailee Steinfeld. She is brilliant. The girl only turnt 14 two months ago, so she played a character who was older then her actual age and she still nails it! She is quite possibly the coolest 14 year old I've heard of! Hailee is pretty much in every scene of True Grit and has such a big role in the film. She carries so much perfection in the role of Mattie Ross and you can tell she put everything into it. I think she is possibly greater then some actresses aged 20, 30 or even 40! She thoroughly deserves her nomination for Best Supporting Actress and in a perfect world she would win. But alongside Amy Adams, Melissa Leo and Queen Helena, she possibly might not get it, but she has just as great a chance of winning it and I kind of hope she does.

True Grit has definitely refreshed my love for Matt Damon. With his hat, gun and him on that horse, oh lord he is gorgeous. Maybe loose the moustache though. At one point I was quite startled when La Boeuf was 'smacking' Mattie Ross's bottom for not doing what she was told, then had to tell myself that it's set in the 1800s and I was only jealous Hailee got to touch Matt Damon. Another scene where La Boeuf was watching Mattie Ros sleep and he says he was going to 'kiss her' but she's too young and ugly- well, I wouldn't mind kissing Matt Damon was all I was thinking.

Putting my teenage hormones and obsession with gorgeous actors aside, the film is wonderful and everything about is is pretty. Four Stars because it is quite simply amazing but not the full 5 because my friend said at one point she felt bored and my Auntie actually fell asleep (but she was tired).
I'm not trying to put people off, they both said it was a good film after and it so rightfully is.
You've got to go with it and the last half is way better than the first although, it grips you from the start anyway.

True Grit - Teaser trailer

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Paul (2011)

Running Time: 104 Minutes
Directed By: Greg Mottola

Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen (voice), Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Joe Lo Truglio

Screenplay: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

UK Release Date: 14th February 2011

Quick Plot: Graeme and Clive are two middle aged nerds who travel across US after attending the San Diego Comic Con. Then, meeting an Alien called Paul, they team up to help him get back to his home planet while being hunted down by the government who want to capture Paul.

Review: 4 stars again? I know.

But anyone who knows me knows I love Pegg, Frost and Wright. But this creation that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost wrote is directed by Greg Mottola not Edgar. Yet, this film is still pure Frost and Pegg (see what I did there? Mixed it up a bit..) Ok..so I've been excited for Paul for a long time now, I watched all the behind the scenes videos on youtube and since then I've pretty much been hooked on the idea. The film is a brilliant comedy and I think anyone will laugh at this. BUT and it's a big but, I think it works better with people if you are a 'nerd' or just have a real love for Science Fiction (like Simon and Nick do). The references in the films are just wonderful and I love it when films have references like that because I feel as if it connects to you. Like in the TV sitcom Spaced, whenever there is a Sci-Fi reference, I feel like I'm a part of it because I understand it. I'm not going to mention the references because it could give a lot away, but let's just say, I now feel very differently about how Spielberg created ET, why we assume Aliens look like this and what abilities Aliens have.

In the 'What Is Paul?' youtube videos I watched, I grew fonder of Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and especially Joe Lo Truglio. Hader and Wiig of course known best from SNL and other comedies (Hader being in most of Mottola's films.) All three were hilarious in Paul, each character being well written, especially Kristen's, Ruth. Yes it's a comedy, but Ruth had a development in the film because of her facing something that got in the way of her beliefs, forcing her to drop everything she believes in.
I think both Graeme and Clive could be two of my favourite ever Pegg and Frost roles - but not before Tim and Mike in Spaced- still, they are both much different to Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead. I am now forever going to ship together Simon Pegg and Kristen Wiig (this is not a good sign) and Paul is possibly my favourite ever film alien.
All in all, a great, funny, brilliant film and I recommend to everyone!
Again, biased- I love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

But, I do have to agree with a lot of reviews and say Edgar Wright's directory was missed. Though the film would have had a completely different outcome, but in the words of Nick Frost 'Edgar had his chance and he blew it' to make the awesome and brilliant Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
But Greg Mottola did brilliantly, as always and yes...like I said a great film. :D

Woah everyone! Look how close I was to Simon Pegg!

Paul- Teaser

Here are two of my favourite behind the scenes videos that I think everyone should check out.

Paul-Games

Paul- Games 2

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